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BrotherL0v3

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  • How do you build revolutionary optimism in these dark times?

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  • Preamble: OP asked for optimism. If you reply to this comment trying to kill the vibe, I will burn your house down. Also, I can only really speak about the US; I live there, and don't know enough to say much about anywhere else.

    These dark times are not natural. They are sustained in no small part by a cult of personality and a gigantic propaganda machine, both sustained by dark money & evil billionaires.

    That sounds rough, but it means some good things! The personality at the heart of that cult is wandering off and shitting himself, publicly letting his brain leak out his ears. It is the destiny of all machines to fail; money is powerful, but it can only buy so much. And those same billionaires are unpopular and insane. I fully believe part of the reason things are so bad right now is because the bad guys know things are going to get much harder for them very soon.

    Additionally: much ado has been made about polarization these days. And yes, right wing extremism is incredibly visible and dangerous right now. But, good radicalization is also happening. We had some of the largest protests in the history of this country last year. Things like police brutality and class consciousness are inching ever closer to being mainstream issues among voters. Millennial democrats are getting elected more and more often, and they are getting more and more progressive. The fascists may be behind the wheel right now, but you know what fascists are fundamentally? Losers. Small, simple, evil men and the opportunists & sycophants that throw their lot in with them. They actively select against competence.

    Look, things are bad right now. People are gonna be hurt, lives are gonna be ruined, and it's gonna be a big fucking mess to clean up in the future. But we're gonna beat 'em, 100%.

    So try to help who you can, look out for your mental health, and stick around. A better future is possible!

  • Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police just released this

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  • When citizens are accused of a crime, they are given the presumption of innocence as afforded by due process. When there is an incident involving law enforcement, politicians and activists immediately condemn those involved and are scrambling for sound bites. They do not afford them the same due process but rather convict them in a public court of opinion while an investigation is barely beginning.

    1. This is not an "incident". This is not an "accusation". An ICE agent shot a fleeing woman in the head in broad daylight, on camera. The language of ambiguity here is dishonest and cowardly.
    2. A citizen accused of a crime is an order of magnitude more likely to face consequences than law enforcement. A bad outcome for a cop accused of a violent crime is getting fired. A citizen who only loses their job will probably call it a win.
    3. Presuming this is true, why do you think that is? Do people randomly hate cops for no reason? Or have there perhaps been numerous high profile examples in recent memory of police abusing their resources and power & facing no repercussions, even when caught red handed? Of cops showing preferential treatment to other cops, white people, and the wealthy? Of police departments getting armored personnel carriers and grenade launchers while "school lunch debt" is a concept that exists? Of incompetent morons kicking in the wrong door and flashbanging a baby or killing a random person in their own home? Any of that sound familiar, pig?

  • Zohran Mamdani's popularity is surging in New York

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  • Nah bro we can pivot right and get moderates. Please bro just one more drift to the right I swear bro, we'll get the moderate republicans this time!

  • Studies of my late chihuahua Tito.

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  • Very cute! Lots of personality, love the style!

  • Post your weirdest images to be put on the next voyager rule

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  • Top Republican says the Epstein files release is Democrats’ ‘entire game plan’ to bring down Trump

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  • Trump raped kids.

    Nothing about the way he has handled the Epstien investigation makes sense UNLESS he raped children.

    There is no word in my vocabulary that captures how disgusted I am with Mike Johnson and the rest. They know he's a child fucker. They're not stupid enough to believe otherwise.

    Soulless, inhuman, evil pieces of shit. Every bad thing that happens to him for the rest of his life will be less than he deserves.

  • Pedophile President -39pts

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  • It's fucking depressing that immigration is only at -5 for him. Masked men abducting people into unmarked cars, taking them God knows where, denying them due process, and sending them to countries they've never been to before (including a torture prison in El Salvador). That should be a bigger deal than the fucking price of eggs!

  • When millionaires lose friends, it's often chalked up to envy. The truth is more complicated.

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  • Self-made millionaires tend to have a few distinct qualities. For one, their relationship with money can differ from that of their friends. They might focus more on long-term financial goals and be more stringent about saving.

    When Lane Kawaoka became a millionaire by buying rental properties, he realized his newfound wealth was making him feel lonely. Much of it had to do with differing mindsets.

    Ah yes, self-made. Generating money from the aether thru the purchase of real estate. Not hoarding housing and leeching off of the value created by others.

  • ICE's detainee population reaches 66,000, a new record high, statistics show

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  • Personally, I don't give a shit if someone came here legally or not. Crossing an imaginary government line on a map somewhere isn't a real crime.

  • Democrats flip the Onondaga County Legislature for first time in nearly 50 years

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  • Don't disappear anybody actually!

  • Health Secretary RFK Jr. says there's 'not sufficient' proof to show Tylenol causes autism

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  • Class war

  • Trump is ‘gonna be president’ in 2028, MAGA leader bluntly declares: ‘There’s a plan’

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  • That shitty old bitch is barely lucid. The reaper is laughing at this "plan".

  • How little you know

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  • Pretty sure Elminster also trans'd at least once.

  • Cisgender Boy Forced to Play on Girls' Sports Team Because of Birth Certificate Error

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  • We informed the parent that documentation such as a chromosome analysis could be considered to help support or verify eligibility in accordance with policy.

    I cannot imagine being the dumbass who said that with a straight face.

  • Republican party right now

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  • Good Samaritan

    Lesbian

    Barbarian

    Plenty of words we now use today started out referring to people in a specific time and place.

    Further, what's the use of remembering the horrors of the Nazis if we don't recognize the early warning signs of those same horrors today? The "National Socialist German Workers' Party" was around for over a decade before they started the holocaust. It seems like too little too late to wait until the genocide begins to start drawing parallels.

  • touch grass

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  • I will spend the rest of my life thinking about what could have been if that kid from PA aimed a little further to the right.

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    Why fascism?

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  • Pure speculation:

    Reality is complicated. Nuance is hard. Fascism dumbs it all down; things were better before, it's their fault things are bad now, let's fuck them up to make things good again.

    Nihilistic opportunists love it because it's easy to float to the top amidst a wave of tribalistic idiots. Tribalistic idiots desperately want it to be true; if the problems I face are secretly simple, it means I'm not actually dumb for not understanding what was going on before.

  • RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots

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  • For RFK Jr in particular: I honestly think the man is a true believer. He is, among other things, a dangerous idiot who doesn't understand how much harm he's causing.

    For conservatives in general: Republican policies broadly fall into two categories.

    1. Things that further the interests of the ownership class.
    2. Horrible slop to appeal to the most stupid and evil single issue voters imaginable.

    You want me to make sure they teach the Bible in public schools? Yeah, sure. Whatever. As long as I get to privatize, de-regulate, and cut corporate taxes.